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Foals – Spanish Sahara (2010) | Track profile | Dork

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Foals
Total Life Forever
Spanish Sahara

SINGLE

Spanish Sahara

Release date: 6th May 2010

From Total Life Forever

Track 5

6:50

Alternative Music Rock Prog-Rock/Art Rock

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About This Track

"Spanish Sahara" is a single by Foals, from the album Total Life Forever, released 6th May 2010. The track is 6:50 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Foals.

About the Artist

Foals

Foals

Lyrics

Spanish Sahara

So, I walked into the haze
And a million dirty waves

Now, I see you lying there
Like a lie low losing air, air

Black rocks and the shoreline sand
Still dead summer I cannot bear

And I wipe the sand from my eyes

The Spanish Sahara, the place that you'd wanna
Leave the horror here

Forget the horror here
Forget the horror here
Leave it all down here
It's future rust and it's future dust

Forget the horror here
Forget the horror here
Leave it all down here
It's future rust and it's future dust

Now, the waves they drag you down

Carry you to broken ground

Oh, I'll find you in the sand

Wipe you clean with dirty hands
So, goddamn this boiling space

The Spanish Sahara, the place that you'd wanna
Leave the horror here

Forget the horror here
Forget the horror here
Leave it all down here
It's future rust and it's future dust

I'm the fury in your head
I'm the fury in your bed
I'm the ghost in the back of your head
'Cause I'm

I'm the fury in your head
I'm the fury in your bed
I'm the ghost in the back of your head
'Cause I'm

I'm the fury in your head
I'm the fury in your bed
I'm the ghost in the back of your head
'Cause I'm

Forget the horror here
Forget the horror here
Leave it all down here
It's future rust and it's future dust

A choir of furies in your head
A choir of furies in your bed
I'm the ghost in the back of your head
'Cause I'm

A choir of furies in your head
A choir of furies in your bed
I'm the ghost in the back of your head
'Cause I'm

A choir of furies in your head
A choir of furies in your bed
I'm the ghost in the back of your head
'Cause I'm

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Track details

From Total Life Forever

6:502010Single

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Album

Total Life Forever

Track number

5

Release year

2010

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2Miami
3:42
3Total Life Forever
3:18
4Black Gold
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1The Forked Road (B-Side)

2Wear & Tear (B-Side)

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Edwin Congreave, Jack Bevan, Jimmy Smith (UK), Walter Gervers, Yannis Philippakis
Producer: Luke Smith
Engineer: Daniel Rejmer, Ferg Peterkin
Bass: Walter Gervers
Drums: Jack Bevan
Guitar: Jimmy Smith (UK), Yannis Philippakis
Keyboards: Edwin Congreave
Vocals: Yannis Philippakis
Additional Production: Mike Crossey
Assistant Engineer: Anton Thoursie, Caroline Wickberg, Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm, Mattias Nyberg
Mastering Engineer: Stephen Marcussen
Mixing Engineer: Alan Moulder, Catherine Marks
Programmer: Ferg Peterkin
Recording Engineer: Luke Smith
Tie-In: Life is Strange